Books like Noah's Ark
By Jerry Pinkney
For families who want a bedtime story with real weight, this retelling gives the flood's danger and Noah's faith room to breathe on the page. Solemn, reverent, and quietly hopeful.
A gentle picture book imagines Cat Heaven, where beloved cats run through fields of sweet grass, play with favorite toys, and are cared for by angels who rub their noses and ears.
A parent shares a string of tender wishes for a child — to find wonder in flying birds, to know love as vast and constant as the moon loves the sky.
When a terrible drought threatens her Comanche tribe, a young girl sacrifices her most treasured possession to the Great Spirit, hoping to save her people.
A family leaves the comfortable, familiar house they love and moves somewhere new, discovering that home is really the people you share it with.
A boy named Eli grows up on his grandparents' farm, learning to love the barn, the fields, and the river that surround him — then shares those same places with his baby sister, Sylvie.
Twelve poems follow one family through a full year, from January sledding to July fireworks to autumn leaves underfoot, finding wonder in each month's particular light and weather.
A fox and his dog share an inseparable life together until the dog dies, sending the fox into grief so deep he tears apart the garden they once tended, until an unexpected pumpkin vine slowly draws him back into the world.
A girl and her grandmother gather salmon, herring eggs, and berries across the seasons on their island home, singing to the land as it sings back to them.
A gentle retelling of the Nativity story, set among barn animals who witness a quiet, extraordinary birth on a cold night.
A nature-loving little girl grows up alongside the maple tree her parents planted in her honor, until a new baby sister arrives and needs some of that same loving attention.
A six-year-old boy spends his days in his grandfather Luis's towering garden, learning bird names, playful expressions, and reading and writing from a grandfather who never had schooling of his own.
Off a small island, a young boy sails an old boat, riding the shifting tides and catching wants and wishes until a change at sea reshapes what home means to him.
